‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse "Let me go on record as saying that I think this 'Way Down in the Rust Bucket"
is the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded. I love it! "~ Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, Rolling Stone - March 2, 2021
As previously posted, Crazy Horse's Frank “Poncho” Sampedro has said that ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ is "the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded".
So how about the critics?
From Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket Album Review | Pitchfork by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
As silly as it sounds, “T-Bone” provides the key to unlocking many of Way Down in the Rust Bucket’s
charms.
It’s not much of a song—there are no other lyrics than “Got
mashed potatoes/Ain’t got no T-Bone"—yet hearing Crazy Horse lock into a
primal rhythm then remain there for nearly seven minutes, as Young
delivers each repetition of its lone line as if it’s a new punchline, is
as invigorating as his elongated solos.
There’s a direct line
connecting this rave-up with “Farmer John,” a frat-rock classic from Don
& Dewey by way of the Premiers that wound up as a touchstone on Ragged Glory: They’re party tunes played by a band intent on having a hell of a good time.
See full review of Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket Album Review | Pitchfork by Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
From Neil Young #60: Way Down In The Rust Bucket| Everybody’s Dummy by Wardo:
The focus throughout Way Down In The Rust Bucket is the music.
Very little of the between-song chatter is included, and every track
fades to silence after the song is finished, with a minimum of crowd ambiance. (The video portion, simultaneously released on DVD, included
all the chatter, tuning, and false starts, as well as the night’s
performance of “Cowgirl In The Sand”, which apparently had audio
issues.)
Of the many projects teased from Neil Young Archives throughout 2020,
this was a welcome installment in the growing catalog.
Hard to believe,
listening over 30 years later, these guys were considered “old” then.
See full review of Neil Young #60: Way Down In The Rust Bucket| Everybody’s Dummy by Wardo.
From Neil Young Guitarist Poncho on the Band's Best Show | SPIN by Ford:
SPIN: Was there something heading up to those shows in Santa
Cruz that made you all want to capture it? Everyone sounds like they’re
at the top of their collective games.
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro: Quite honestly, I didn’t even
know they ever found [the tapes] until two or three weeks ago.
Really, I
had no clue. I never heard the bootlegs. That was just a product of
Larry Johnson wanting to do it and Neil gave in and let him do it.
That’s our home turf and a big weed-growing community. What better place
to start the tour — and this wasn’t a warm-up show — than there? It
wasn’t about preparing for anything in the future. It was about going
out and having a good time. I watched the video and it amazes me. It
seems like I was mesmerized by [bassist] Billy [Talbot]. He’s over the
moon having so much fun prancing around, singing, playing. I was just
looking at him going wild. And he even turned into our emcee that night.
It was amazing.
I’d never seen him do that.
SPIN: What do you remember getting off stage that night, if you remember anything at all?
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro: It was filled with joy.
But not only that, all our buddies were there.
It wasn’t like walking out to the tour bus and going down the road. We
went to the bar we hung out with all our friends. Wasn’t nobody was
asking for autographs or any crazy stuff. We were just having a good
time. Then a guy asked us if we went outside and we said no. Since there
were big glass windows, you can hear we’re playing loud and for more
than a few feet. Every place [in that stretch] is packed with people
outside partying.
So we had a block party we didn’t even know.
See full interview of Neil Young Guitarist Poncho on the Band's Best Show | SPIN by Ford.
Also, see INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone by Andy Greene.
As the "Inextinguishable Scotsman" declared succinctly: "RUST BUCKET: the sound of Ragged Glory transforming into Weld."
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